Der schwarze Sergeant
Rutledge ist Sergeant in einer afroamerikanischen Einheit der US-Kavallerie. Als er verdächtigt wird seinen vorgesetzten Colonel getötet und dessen Tochter vergewaltigt und erwürgt zu haben, flieht er, wird aber kurz darauf wieder festgenommen. Vor Gericht gestellt beteuert er seine Unschuld, doch außer seinem Verteidiger glaubt ihm keiner. Mühsam wird der Fall aufgerollt und gemeinsam versucht man die Wahrheit ans Licht zu bringen...
Director John Ford
Trailer
Cast
William Henry
Capt. Dwyer (uncredited)
Fred Libby
Chandler Hubble (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson
Court-Martial Board Member (uncredited)
Mike Lally
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Juano Hernández
Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Willis Bouchey
Col. Otis Fosgate - president of the court-martial
Chuck Hayward
Capt. Dickinson (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Charles Seel
Dr. Walter Eckner (uncredited)
Carleton Young
Capt. Shattuck - prosecutor
Cliff Lyons
Sam Beecher (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Woody Strode
1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge
Rafer Johnson
Cpl. Krump (uncredited)
William Wellman Jr.
Court Guard (uncredited)
Jeffrey Hunter
Lt. Tom Cantrell
Walter Reed
Capt. McAfee (uncredited)
Hank Worden
Laredo (uncredited)
Billie Burke
Mrs. Cordelia Fosgate
Judson Pratt
Lt. Mulqueen (court-martial board member)
Jack Kenny
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Shug Fisher
Mr. Owens (uncredited)
Toby Michaels
Lucy Dabney (uncredited)
Sheb Wooley
Screaming Trooper (archive sound) (uncredited)
Constance Towers
Mary Beecher
Ruth Clifford
Officer's Wife (uncredited)